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Barnes 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Incidence of Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Comparison between the incidence of certain of the notifiable
infectious diseases in Barnes, and in London and England and
Wales, is shown below:—
Table 23.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1945.
| Disease. | Barnes. | London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | - | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.57 | 1.89 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1.25 | 1.64 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.31 | 0.46 | |
| Erysipelas | 0.31 | 0.25 | |
| Small-pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Measles | 9.03 | 11.67 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.78 | 0.87 |
Table 24.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1945.
| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths of Residents, † | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | l to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Barnes | Mortlake. | ||||
| Diphtheria | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | l | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 36 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 16 | 20 | 34 | - |
| Measles | 358 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 156 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 122 | 236 | 25 | - |
| Dysentery | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | - |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 39 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 42 | 15 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 24 | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia neonator'm | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 71 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 61 | 3 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| All Diseases | 558 | 25 | 59 | 53 | 48 | 51 | 200 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 189 | 369 | 136 | 45 |
| †The deaths recorded in this column are the total corrected number of deaths assignable to the District, and are not necessarily deaths of persons recorded as notified during the year. | ||||||||||||||||||